Samsung YEPP YP-Z5 (2GB, black)
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"New features due to firmware update..." on by waderic
Pros: Great sound, interface, and support.
Cons: No on the fly delete
Summary: I bought this unit back when CNET first reviewed it, and thought it was great then. I just wanted to note here that CNET's review is outdated due to subsequent firmware updates by Samsung. My unit shipped with firmware v1.6 and is now up to v2.45. Every new firmware release includes new features and refinements. My battery life is now up to a whopping 44 hours!! The unit now has UMS only mode as well as MTP, supports album art and sync'ed lyrics, a seven band custom EQ, supports OGG format, gapless playback, a 24 hour clock, and an on-the-go playlist. The touchpad sensitivity has also greatly improved, although navigating zoomed photos is still hit and miss. It also comes in a 1 Gig flavor. I highly recommend this DAP. I use it mainly (for 6 months) while working in a dusty, dirty environment and have yet to kill it. Very durable.
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"it is wonderful" on by dadirtysouth06
Pros: beautiful, good inter face, controls, display
Cons: volume a little low
Summary: it is fantastic, the display is bright, controls and navigation are superb. the touch pad requires a light touch so no pounding you meatheads. its small light and blows an ipod away simply because no itunes is needed. It integrated and set up perfectly with napster. 2gb is perfect size and the appearance is superb
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"It's pretty good" on by Souluvable
Pros: I like the screen, and it's compact feature.
Cons: I wish that it had FM
Summary: I've been pleased with this unit. However, I do want to up grade to a unit with more memory.
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"This is a solid instrument with great sound" on by johnsotelo
Pros: Well Made, Great sound quality and huge volume
Cons: only 2 Megs
Summary: I purchased this after buying an economy Sandisk c-150, 2GB model. No comparison here, the Samsung is so much better made. It's quality, sounds so much better, if volume is what you seek, it has it plus the ear killing zone. I'll give my wife my Sandisk and get me the Samsung - Even over an iPOD Nano seriously.
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"Samsung YP Z5- love @ first sight: REVIEW" on by musicman01
Pros: Great screen, easy to use, scratch-proof (*cough* Nano), picture compatibilty, sound.
Cons: no FM, on-the-go-playlists or PIM options (doesn't really matter, but:) no calendar?
Summary: Well... not really. I had my doubts about this player when I first looked at it.I thought it was just another attempted to bring down the IPod. Which it is. And frankly, that's what makes this player a joy to have!
I've owned this player for almost... two weeks now? And am enjoying it everytime I hold it, and put the 'phoens in my ears. Overall I think this is better than the Nano: bigger screen, non-scratch prone, better battery life, better sound, and a more photo friendly and compatible player. Although this player is missing some key features, which would have surely devistated the Nano, at least to me. FM tuner/recording, video playback (not really a must have, though).
This player needs mroe ticks. I found that it only had, dunno maybe 30 ticks. You know when you access a volume option on ANY player and it displays volume 'ticks'. Not sayign that is a bad sounding player. It's definaetely a great sounding player, but that was just something I found in comparison to my previous iRiver iFP790, with 40 ticks. Just thought that perhaps it could have been louder. Nothing to bawl about though. On the left side, there is nothing, just the continuous metal finish that goes around the circomference of the player. Top: Hold switch and Ear jack, Bottom: Proprietary connector and a rarely seen Reset Button. Up to now I haven't seen any accessories for this series of mp3 players yet, or very little. No AC Adapters yet for charging of the battery withotu a PC. By the way, it takes about 4 hours to charge, or so the manual says.
As you probably know, the player needs WMP, so MAC users are out of luck. Sorry
. Using it is fairly simple, but I had my bad, no, terrible moments with WMP. It's not the player I'm compalining about, just WMP. If you know how to use WMP well, and are used to it, you'll enjoy greatly putting data on the player.
Well, that's it. I highly reccomend this player against the Nano, and if you have that money, and really want a full feature set, (though I highly doubt you'll have the memory to enjoy),get the SAndisk Sansa e200, which is also scracth-proof, à la Nano, which is definaeatly not!
Peace,
Mm01
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